The Invincible Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

Xu Huang raised his head proudly, without looking at Liu Rui, and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, the defeated general has nothing to say."

Liu Rui smiled lightly, and said to Xu Huang: "General Xu, since Yuan Shao fled back to Yecheng, he ordered the soldiers to close the city gate, and if they couldn't defend it, he didn't plan to send troops to rescue you. Why should you be foolish and loyal to him again, it's not worth it."

Xu Huang was dejected and said, "I'm loyal to Duke Yuan, how could he just give up on me like that?"

Liu Rui said with a smile: "This time Yuan Shao's army has been defeated like a mountain, and his strength has been greatly frustrated, so he didn't dare to send troops rashly. What's more, General Xu promised him before Yuan Shao before, and with one person's strength, he can defend Yecheng, but you But he lost to me in the first battle, and he is naturally dissatisfied with you in his heart. How could he send troops to risk for you again this time?"

"Then the lord just let me stay in the enemy camp, regardless of my life and death?" Xu Huang said with a miserable smile.

Liu Rui walked out of the case slowly and said, "General Xu, do you think Old General Yuchi is loyal enough to Yuan Shao? How do you compare to him?"

"Of course, Duke Yuan has great kindness to the old General Yuchi. The old general has devoted himself to the Lord for so many years, and he died, and he has made many illustrious achievements. Compared with him, I am still far behind."

"But even if General Zhang Yuchi is so loyal to him and has great military exploits, he will be suspected of Yuan Shao. After being falsely accused of treason, Yuan Shao immediately issued an execution order without even investigating. Such a person , it's not worth your life to sacrifice your life for him and protect him."

Xu Huang was silent, no more words.

Liu Rui walked behind Xu Huang, untied the rope tied to him, and said, "General Xu, I'll just say it right here, whether you surrender or not, I won't force you. If you are willing to surrender to me, Just stay in my army. If you don't want to surrender to me, I will immediately order the soldiers to let you go."

Xu Huang said in surprise: "You want to let me go? Aren't you afraid that after I go back, I will help Duke Yuan reorganize his troops and fight against you?"

Liu Rui said with a smile: "Yuan Shao has no way, the world is attacking him. Even if there are many virtuous people to help, Yuan Shao cannot become an invincible overlord in the world."

"However?" Liu Rui said, "Is General Xu still going to go back to Yuan Shao? He gave up on you this time for his own life, so there is no guarantee that there will be another time. I can let you go, but I also advise you not to come back. Yuan Shao went there. Otherwise, you won't know how he killed you next time."

"No, you're right, Yuan Shao can kill General Yuchi at will. Besides, I was arrogant and arrogant in Yuan Shao's army before and looked down on the other generals under his command. I'm afraid that even if I go back this time, I will be punished. He was alienated and even disgusted."

Liu Rui looked at him and said lightly, "Then what are your plans? Where are you going, I will let my soldiers take you there."

Xu Huang said: "The world is big and there are many lords, but how many people are as wise as Master Liu. Since I have decided to leave Yuan Shao, in the world, besides you, Master Liu, who else is worthy of my visit? So, Xu Huang is determined to serve Master Liu wholeheartedly, and you will be my lord in the future, and I Xu Huang will only follow you." Xu Huang said, kneeling on one knee to Liu Rui, clasping his hands and bowing his head.

Liu Rui was overjoyed, stepped forward to help Xu Huang and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then you will be a general in my Liu Rui army."

At this time, another soldier walked into the barracks to report: "Report! General Xiang, General Xue, General Zhao, and General Li returned with the soldiers and are waiting outside the camp to be summoned."

"Oh, they're back so soon. Well, you let them in."

The four of them walked in and cupped their hands to Liu Rui: "Mr. Qi, the tasks you gave us have been completed, the four battalions in the east, west, north and south have all been destroyed, and the guards of the four battalions have all been killed by us. More than [-] soldiers from four battalions have now been reorganized into our army, and we have come back specially to return to the lord."

"Okay! Very good! You are all doing very well. Now the soldiers we originally brought plus the soldiers from Yecheng and the four major camps, we still have [-] soldiers and horses. During the battle, the generals were almost completely destroyed, and I estimate that there are only about [-] soldiers and horses left in Yecheng. Now he is no longer a big threat to us, and there is nothing to be afraid of."

He pointed at Xu Huang to the four of Xiang Yu and said, "You guys must know this one. General Xu will also be a member of our army in the future. He has left Yuan Shao and joined our army. From now on, we will all be brothers."

Xu Huang bowed his hands to the four of Xiang Yu and said, "I have offended many people in the past, so please forgive me, brothers!"

"It doesn't matter! It's all for its own sake!" Xiang Yu and the others all smiled slightly, not caring, and quickly accepted Xu Huang's participation! , , .

271: Strike Again

Since Yecheng was besieged, Yuan Shao hid in the city for several days and never came out, and Liu Rui did not send troops to Yecheng for several days.He knew that Yuan Shao was running out of food and grass in the city, and he was defeated several times in a row. His morale was very low. He couldn't last long in the city.

Therefore, Liu Rui simply ordered the soldiers to only surround the city and recuperate.As long as Yuan Shao hid in the city and nothing happened, they didn't have to send troops.

Yuan Shao hid in the city for several days, and soldiers kept coming to him to report the shortage of food and grass in the city.He was getting more and more anxious, listening to the report of the soldiers sent to monitor Liu Rui outside the city. Liu Rui's soldiers and horses tightly surrounded Yecheng. For several days, there was no major movement. , I felt irritated.

At this time, another soldier came in to report: "Sir, the food in the city is about to run out, and the remaining food and grass can only support two or three days. If there is no replenishment within three days, I am afraid we can only slaughter the horses for food."

"Is that so?" Yuan Shao paused for a while, and then said, "Liu Rui's troops are now tightly surrounding Yecheng, and Huo Qubing has continued to lead troops to obstruct our food supply. To starve to death, we can only survive if we break out of the encirclement."

Yuan Shao said to the soldier with a serious face: "Pass my order, order all the soldiers to prepare, we will raid the city in a few days."

On Liu Rui's side, he relied on the food and grass that Huo Qubing plundered, and immediately replenished the food and grass that was about to be insufficient.I have to say that Yuan Shao is really good to Liu Rui! Whenever Liu Rui's army is running out of food and grass, Yuan Shao will immediately come with food and grass, and after Huo Qubing's raid, he will replenish Liu Rui's army in time. middle.

Since Liu Rui tasted the sweetness of the incendiary catapult last time, he has been thinking about making more catapults to use in battle to improve his combat ability.

Liu Rui ordered Lu Ban to be solely responsible for the manufacture of the incendiary catapult, and sent him soldiers captured from Yuan Shao.Lu Ban ordered the soldiers to go to the nearby forest to cut down a large number of trees, and divided some soldiers to make trebuchets.

When Yuan Shao was about to lead his troops out of the city, Liu Rui brought his soldiers outside Yecheng and ordered them to go forward and call for battle.

Yuan Shao was at home preparing to send troops tonight, when he heard Liu Rui lead the troops to attack, he stood up in shock, and said, "Why did Liu Rui come suddenly? , led the troops to attack, is the news leaked?"

Yuan Shao didn't think about it, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to say, "Give me to defend the city."

Yuan Shao brought the remaining generals in the city to the city, urging the soldiers to stand firm.

Liu Rui commanded the soldiers to attack the city in front of the formation, and then ordered the catapult to drop bombs.

Yuan Shao was shocked and said secretly, "It's actually an incendiary catapult again, it's not good!"

The incendiary bombs flew towards Yecheng, and exploded everywhere in the city, igniting many houses in the city, and injuring many Yuan Shao's soldiers. Above the city wall, he ordered the soldiers: "Keep the city for me, hold on."

Yuan Shao himself retreated to the city while hiding, and when Yuan Shao escaped back to his mansion, he just listened to the spies kept going back and forth to report the battle situation outside the city.Peerless Tangmen www.jueshitangmen.info

Yuan Shao was anxious when he heard that Liu Rui's army was on the offensive, and the fighting was still fierce.

The war continued until evening, and the night gradually turned dark. Seeing that Yuan Shao's soldiers' defense was still strong, Liu Rui ordered the soldiers to retreat first and wait until tomorrow to fight again.

When Yuan Shao heard that Liu Rui's troops finally retreated, he felt relieved and returned to the city again.He saw that the city walls of Ye City had been damaged a lot by Liu Rui's shells, and he was secretly frightened.

Yuan Shao didn't expect Liu Rui's incendiary catapult to be so powerful, and thought to himself: I can't wait here, Liu Rui will definitely come tomorrow, and under such circumstances, Yecheng will definitely not be able to defend.It seems that I am going to order the soldiers to sneak out of the city tonight, taking advantage of the darkness.Whether or not we can escape, depends on tonight.

At night, Yuan Shao ordered the soldiers to get ready and ready to go out.Taking advantage of Liu Ruijun's unawareness, he might have a chance to escape by making a violent surprise attack.

Yuan Shao took a small number of soldiers and went out of the city secretly. At this time, one of his advisors rushed over on a war horse.

The counselor said to Yuan Shao, "Is your lord going to give up Yecheng? My lord, Yecheng is our last base. If you abandon it, you will have no place to stand. Not to mention how loyal the soldiers of Yecheng are to your lord, lord. How can you just abandon them and run away alone?"

Yuan Shao didn't tire of bothering: "Get out of the way, don't bother me, I'm just avoiding it for the time being, I'll come back later. I'm not Liu Rui's opponent at all, staying here is just waiting to die, since you're loyal to me, why? You can watch me waiting to die here. Just get out of the way, if the enemy finds me later, it will be troublesome."